1st time preg...going crazy..help!

Hi guys just wondering if you can help me
Ok so seeing as this is my first pregnancy, i'm kind of like what do i do now?!

I rang a midwife on friday and just waiting to hear back if they can take me, is there anything else I need to do? Do I need to go and see my normal doctor as well?

oh and I spent the whole weekend thinking about food. i was so hungry the whole time but I didnt know what I could eat! I printed off the OB food safety chart thingy but was still unsure.

can you eat things like bacon? if its really hot? and can you have it on a sandwich or something if its cold? and salami's fine if you have it on pizza or something right? and things like leftovers...safe or not safe?

basically i'm wondering what you can eat, i don't want to go overboard on the whole eating thing, but I do want to be safe. What did you eat or not eat in your pregnancies? like what are things that you wouldn't touch with a 10 foot barge pole and what things would you eat if you were cautious with it?

also things like medications, i know basically you are only allowed panadol, but can you have strepsils and stuff if you have a cold?

so if you could give me a basic rundown on things you can/cant do/eat would be fantastic.

sorry if this has been asked before and sorry if i sound like a complete noob. TIA!

if you google ministry of health healthy eating guidelines for pregnancy you should get a list of the foods that are deemed unsafe during pregnancy.

Congrats on your pregnancy btw

No need to go to the doc. The MW will do everything for you.

I am vegeterian so have no problems avoiding meat. But I also only eat fresh salad, don't eat deli food, or leftovers.

It is really hard in the first few months when you don't really feel like eating much anyway. I just ate what I wanted when I wanted as long as it wasn't anything on the not allowed list.

Awww!

You don't have to see your doc at all, can go straight to a mw.

Umm food, I recommend going on the Ministry of Health website, they have a downloadable doc (which mw will give you anyway) of what is safe to eat whilst preg/breastfeeding. It's to the right of the page.

thanks everyone!

yeah sandie i found what i read rather confusing too hence why i asked here!!

one more question....i know you shouldnt really have takeaways either, but IF i was to have some, where would be the best to go? i know KFC would be out but what about somewhere like mcd's if the stuff was cooked fresh?

oh and one more thing...im guessing that theres nothing you can do but its worth a shot asking, is there anyway of stopping MS before it arrives?! LOL

Don't think you can stop MS but you could try acupuncture, sea bands, ginger...

Umm Soft cheeses are ok so long as pasturised and you eat it the day you buy it and don't eat it the next day sorta thing.

Avoid deli meats unless piping hot. Although I was naughty and had shaved ham after 20 weeks.

Salads - fresh.

McDs I would always ask for no salad in the burger so knew it was being made fresh and piping hot. Ummm KFC, we had it but I never eat the chicken so for me it was just the potato and gravy and chips lmao.

Agree with what frankie said.

I basically just ate things I was comfortable eating, if it looked dodgy or I was unsure then I avoided but that's just me and what I did.

i pretty much eat everything apart from sushi and raw fish/seafood. i think the whole eating thing has got competely out of hand. but you have to do whatever you are comfortable with! I also have an ironclad stomach.

i think everyones pretty much covered it with the food thing i just made sure everything was fresh and really hot. For morning sickness, ginger beer helps, and also having a piece of toast or something like that before you get out of bed in the morning can help too, your midwife will give you a pregnancy pack with really good booklets in it which i found really helpful re food and weekly updates and other important things, and a good thing for colds if you didnt want to take anything other then strepsils is hot water, honey and cinnamon. Good luck with your pregnancy and finding a midwife

yeah i am taking FA although almost run out, must go get some more.

yep know my blood type A-

will check that linky out